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Clueless Puckboy
by Saxon James, Eden Finley
[I received a digital arc for an honest review]
Clueless Puckboy is the newest book in the Puckboys series by Eden Finley and Saxon James. Ayri Quinn has been struggling with not only his injury but seeing the team’s physical therapist, Vance Landon. Quinn is finding it harder and harder to avoid Vance and when he is around him to act like a normal professional hockey playing adult. Vance has always been amused by Quinn’s oddities and it isn’t until he overhears locker room conversation that he starts to see the man in a whole other light. But with Quinn’s season in jeopardy and Vance’s position with the team the two find navigating a possible relationship harder than expected.
I want to start out by saying how sad it makes me to write that I didn’t love this book. I adore this series overall as well as the CU hockey series before it. Ayri Quinn is absolutely the bright point in this book. He had me from his first awkward scene sneaking away to meet with a different physical therapist to all his bumbling cuteness as he tries to interact with Vance. Vance on the other hand was not a character I connected with in any way. He had this down to earth mellowness that didn’t vibe with me and I kept finding myself just wanting more Quinn and less Vance. They had sexual chemistry for sure but that couldn’t make up for the fact that I found their relationship a bit lackluster.
He’s got this edge of innocence inside a big, muscled man that really does it for me. The baby face, the stache, the gold eyes hesitantly meeting mine from under his thick lashes.
I need to reiterate that it makes me sad to not have enjoyed this book nearly as much as the others in this series. The characters in the books before are all so strong and the men finding their perfect partners is usually a balance of steam, humor and heartache. That angst is what I felt was missing from this story. We had the humor in all that is Quinn’s awkwardness and the steam was there too but the emotion just lacked. Thank goodness for the Queer Collective in all their insanity bringing a bit of lightness and humor as well to this overall slow story.
3 stars for Vance and Quinn giving each other a chance.
Clueless Puckboy is the newest book in the Puckboys series by Eden Finley and Saxon James. Ayri Quinn has been struggling with not only his injury but seeing the team’s physical therapist, Vance Landon. Quinn is finding it harder and harder to avoid Vance and when he is around him to act like a normal professional hockey playing adult. Vance has always been amused by Quinn’s oddities and it isn’t until he overhears locker room conversation that he starts to see the man in a whole other light. But with Quinn’s season in jeopardy and Vance’s position with the team the two find navigating a possible relationship harder than expected.
I want to start out by saying how sad it makes me to write that I didn’t love this book. I adore this series overall as well as the CU hockey series before it. Ayri Quinn is absolutely the bright point in this book. He had me from his first awkward scene sneaking away to meet with a different physical therapist to all his bumbling cuteness as he tries to interact with Vance. Vance on the other hand was not a character I connected with in any way. He had this down to earth mellowness that didn’t vibe with me and I kept finding myself just wanting more Quinn and less Vance. They had sexual chemistry for sure but that couldn’t make up for the fact that I found their relationship a bit lackluster.
He’s got this edge of innocence inside a big, muscled man that really does it for me. The baby face, the stache, the gold eyes hesitantly meeting mine from under his thick lashes.
I need to reiterate that it makes me sad to not have enjoyed this book nearly as much as the others in this series. The characters in the books before are all so strong and the men finding their perfect partners is usually a balance of steam, humor and heartache. That angst is what I felt was missing from this story. We had the humor in all that is Quinn’s awkwardness and the steam was there too but the emotion just lacked. Thank goodness for the Queer Collective in all their insanity bringing a bit of lightness and humor as well to this overall slow story.
3 stars for Vance and Quinn giving each other a chance.